And airboats, which were featured prominently in news reports of rescue operations following Hurricane Katrina, increasingly are ending up in inexperienced hands, said Philip Walters, president of the ...

CATAWBA ISLAND ― The Marblehead Coast Guard Station led a successful multi-agency rescue of 21 individuals who were trapped on an ice floe while ice fishing Monday morning on Lake Erie. The U.S. Coast ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Forget the need for a siren. You’ll definitely hear the 502-horsepower fan coming as the Grand Rapids Fire Department’s newest rescue tool comes roaring up the Grand River ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The Poquoson Fire Department has added a new tool to its inventory, an airboat that can navigate ...

Matthew and Cathy Cain are finishing their first airboat ambulance they sold to the city of Grosse Ile, Mich. De Soto? For years, Cathy and Matthew Cain had a local reputation as the couple to call ...

(WFLA) – Rescue teams working in some of Florida’s hardest-hit areas are utilizing all the vehicles at their disposal to search for and assist residents in need of help after Hurricane Milton. In ...

Forest rangers used an airboat to rescue a Montreal man from an ice-locked sailboat more than a mile from shore on Lake Champlain in Crown Point Dec. 10.

NORTHWEST BROWARD COUNTY (CBS4) - It was supposed to be a relaxing afternoon for a father and son in the Everglades, but everything changed when their airboat sank. William Cazanas and his 13-year-old ...

Midwest Rescue Airboats delivered two 8ft x 21ft multi mission capable platforms to our Kansas City Fire Department. The Fire Department will use their two airboats on the area rivers and lakes for ...

FONTANA -- Two men were rescued from the middle of Geneva Lake on Sunday, March 1 after an ice slab broke off from the main ice. Fontana Fire & Rescue officials responded around 11:30 a.m. for a ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Two people were rescued from the Everglades after they were flung from an airboat. The Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue responded to a call just after 12 p.m. on Wednesday, ...

The Poquoson Fire Department has added a new tool to its inventory, an airboat that can navigate the marshy turf of the low-lying city. “It’s the only one in the state of Virginia as far as search and ...